He is the 28-year-old son of a retired soldier, according to the Guardian:

Asiri was first named on a Saudi Arabian wanted list in February 2009. Not much is known about his early life, other than that he comes from a pious family.

His father, Hassan, told the Saudi Gazette last year: "We were planning to move back to Riyadh, but Abdullah and Ibrahim said they wanted to go to [the holy city of] Medina before returning with us.

"Abdullah later contacted us to say he was out of the country, but did not say where. From that day on we had no more news of him until we saw his and his brother's pictures … in the media on a list of wanted people."

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